Window-cleaner.



No. 695,l83. Patented Mar. ll, I902. G. W. WARNER.

WINDOW CLEANER. Apfilication filed Mar. 7. 1901.1

(No Model.)

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GEO GE W. WARNER, or BEATRICE, NEBRASKA.

WINDOW-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,183, dated March11, 1902.

. Application filed March '7, 1901.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

7 Be it known that I, GEORGE W. WARNER, a citizen of the United Statesof America, re-

' sidingin the city of Beatrice, in the county of Gage and State ofNebraska, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in\Vindow-Oleaners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to WlIIdOW'OlQELIIOIS, and especially to meansdesigned to hold in suitable position for application to windowglass arubber cleaner-strip and adapting such means to ready adjustment inconnection with a pole or handle.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of this class insimple, cheap, and durable form in which the amount of material requiredin the rubber cleaner-strip is minimized and the means for holding suchstrip in position and supporting the same on the pole or handle issimplified and rendered capable of ready adjustment.

To these ends my invention consists in the provision of a suitable poleor handle of wood or other material, a retaining-head provided on theend of said pole, a recess or cavity provided in said head, acleaner-holder composed of a single piece of sheet metal shaped incylindrical form to be inserted into said cavity or seat and adapted tobe retained therein by its own spring, said holder provided with aninner cylindrical recess or seat, a strip of rub her or other cleaningmaterial adapted to be folded and its folded portion inserted into saidcylindrical seat with its edges extending out from said holder and head,and a wire adapted to be inserted between the folds of said rubber stripin said seat and retain the rubber strip therein.

The invention consists,fi'1rther,in a cleaner strip holder made from onepiece of metal and comprising two cylinders, one within the other, theinner cylinder adapted to receive and hold the cleaner-strip and theouter cylinder adapted to be inserted into a suitable head providedtherefor on the pole or handle in combination with the rubbercieaner'strip.

The invention consists, further, in details of construction andcombinations of parts, all as hereinafter described, and particularlypointed out in the claims, and will be more readily understood byreference to the accom- Serial No. 50,200. (No model.)

panyingdrawings,forining a part of this specification, in which- Figure1 is a sectional view of a device embodying my invention, a portion ofthe head being broken away. Fig. 2 is a similar view of aslightly-modified form. Fig. 3 is an end view of the cleaner-holder of amodified form. Fig. L is a perspective view of the cleaner.

As shown in the drawings, 2 represents a handle or pole, which may be ofwood or any preferred material.

3 represents a head, preferably of cast metal. This head is cored outand adapted to fit over the end of the pole, being secured thereon inany suitable manner. This head is provided with a cylindrical recess orcavity to form a seat for the cleaner-holder 4. The head 3 is providedwith an opening near its top and slightly to one side, and a lip or lug5 is formed integral thereon at the upper side of this opening for thepurpose herein after mentioned.

The cleaner-holders is made of a single piece of spring metal, beingbent or formed into the cylindrical form shown, so as to be insertedinto the cavity or seat of the head and retained longitudinally thereinby its own spring. The portion of the holder 4 which registers with theopening in the head 3 is bent. or formed within itself, as shown, toprovide a cylindrical retaining seat or bearing 6 for the cleaner-stripand is extended out, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 at 7, to bear against thelug or lip 5 to prevent turning. This extension 7 forms at the same timeon its other side a bearing for the lip 9 of the cleaner-strip, Theholder 4. may also be adapted to bear against the opposite side of theopening, as shown in Fig. 2' at 1-1. A strip of rubber or other suitablecleaning material is doubled over the wire cord 12 and then insertedinto the seat 6, with the two edges of the cleaner-strip projecting toform the cleaner-lips 9 and 10. The cleaner-strip is thus securely heldin the seat 6.

It is obvious that by this construction the cleaner holder and strip maybe readily re moved from the head and pole and that the amount of rubberor material required in the cleaner-strip is reduced to a minimum and adevice provided which is simple, cheap, and durable, easy of operationand adjustment,

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strip holder in position, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination, with acleaner-holder composed of a single piece of sheet metal bent to formtwo cylinders, one within the other, and provided with an extension orlip, of a cleanerstrip, a wire core, said cleaner-strip adapted to befolded over said wire core and inserted into said inner cylinder and itsprojecting, lip adapted to bear against the lip or extension of saidholder, substantially as described.

3. In a window-cleaner, the combination, with a pole or handle, of aretaining-head provided on the end thereof, a recess or cavity providedin said head, a cleaner-holder composed of a single piece of sheet metalshaped to be inserted into said cavity or seat and adapted to beretained therein by its own spring, said holder provided with a cylindrical recess or seat provided with an opening registering with anopening in said head, a'strip of cleaning material adapted to be foldedand its folded portion inserted into said seat in said holder with itsedges extending out from said holder and head, and a wire adapted to beinserted between the folds of said cleaner-stri p and retain thecleaner-stri p therein, substantially as described.-

4:. In a window-cleaner, the combination,

with a pole or handle, of a retaininghead pro .vided on the end thereof,a recess or cavity provided in said head, a cleaner-holder composed of asingle piece of metal shaped to be inserted into said cavity or seat andadapted to be retained therein by its own spring, said holder providedwith a cylindrical recess or seat provided with an opening registeringwith anopening in said head, a strip of cleaning material adapted to befolded and its folded portion extending out from said holder and head,the extending edges of said holder adapted to bear against a lip or lug5 provided on said head, and a wire adapted to be inserted between thefolds of said cleanerstrip in said seat and retain the same therein,substantially as described.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with a pole 2, ofa head 3, provided with a lip 5, of a cleaner-holder 4 formed of asingle sheet of metal adapted to be inserted into a cavity in said headand retained therein by the spring of said holder, a seat 6 provided insaid holder, said seat being open and registering with an opening insaid head, said holder4 having an outwardly-extending lip adapted torest against said lip 5, a single strip of cleaning material having itsfolded portion inserted into said seat 6, and a retaining-wire adaptedto be inserted between the folds thereof in said seat, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in presence of twowitnesses, at the city of Beatrice, Gage county, Nebraska, this 24th dayof December, A. D. 1900.

GEORGE W. WVARNER,

In presence of- WALTER D. HILL, A. W. MAYERa

